(a) Any person desiring to engage in the business of moving buildings within the corporate limits of the City or within two miles thereof shall file with the City inspector an application for a registration therefor in writing on a form furnished for that purpose.
(b) Such application shall be accompanied by a bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), duly executed by both such applicant and a corporate surety company authorized by the State to do business in Nebraska, which bond shall be subject to the approval of the City Attorney. The conditions of the bond shall be, among other things, that the applicant:
(1) Will in all things strictly comply with ail of the provisions of the ordinances of the City relating to the moving of buildings;
(2) Will execute a hold harmless agreement to save, indemnify and keep harmless the City from all liabilities, judgments, costs and expenses which may in any way accrue against the City in consequence of the granting of such registration, or in consequence of any injury to persons or property resulting directly or indirectly from the exercise of the privileges granted in such registration;
(3) Will compensate the City for any and all damage to any pavement, road surface, curb, gutter, sidewalk, street crosswalk, traffic signal installation, traffic signal, power poles, power or utility lines, bridges, culverts, sewers, or other City property, which damage is the direct and proximate result of the conduct of such applicant's activities regarding the moving of buildings; and
(4) Will also compensate the owner of private property for any and all damage proximately caused in a like manner to any private property.
(c) A fee as set out in the Master Fee Schedule of the City of Sidney shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer by such applicant for registration for the following terms:
(1) A term of seven days;
(2) A term of five months; or
(3) A term of one year.
(d) In addition to the bond and fee, the applicant for registration shall also file with the application required a liability insurance policy which such applicant has taken out and agrees to maintain in full force and effect at all times covered by such registration at its expense. The insurance policy shall name the City as an additional insured, with bodily injury coverage in a sum of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the injury or death of any number of persons in one accident, and with a coverage in a sum of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for property damage in any one accident. Such policy is to be executed by an insurance company authorized by the State to do business in Nebraska. Such policy of insurance shall further provide that it cannot be canceled nor the coverage altered until 30 days written notice of such cancellation or alteration has been filed with the City Inspector. Such authorization to the insurer shall be certified to the City inspector. The cancellation or termination of such policy, unless replaced immediately, will automatically terminate any permit or permits for the moving of buildings earlier issued.
(Ord. 1141. Passed 7-11-89; Ord. 1800. Passed 9-25-18.)